China Government Approves Seagate’s Acquisition of Samsung HDD Business
Seagate Technology plc today announced a decision from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), allowing the Company to now integrate Samsung’s hard disk drive business (Samsung) completely into Seagate, free from any restrictions...
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts September BB Ratio of 1.07
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.60 billion in orders worldwide in September 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.07, according to the September EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI...
Chinese Smartphones Shipment Increases 20.1% in The Q2 of 2015
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Chinese Smartphone Industry, 2Q 2015" report. According to the report, Chinese smartphone industry's shipment volume reached around 113.4 million units in the second quarter of 2015, up 20...
WD Acquires SanDisk, Smaller SSD Manufacturers Face More Pressure: Research Firm
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Western Digital (WD) and SanDisk have agreed that WD will acquire SanDisk for a total equity value of $19 billion dollars in cash and stock. According to the companies, the acquisition will make WD the largest digital storage company by revenue...
Advantech Teams with Microsoft to Build an Open IoTs Platform
TAIPEI, Taiwan - In order to accelerate the development of the Internet of The Things(IoTs), Advantech and Microsoft jointly built WISE-PaaS platform, a software platform services for IoTs related companies. This platform combines Advantech’s software solutions of IoTs and Microsoft's Azure cloud services, proposed SRP (Solution Ready Package) application service solutions for different industries...
TrendForce: Intel’s Upgrade of Dalian Fab Will Bring China’s Thriving Memory Market to a New Level
The latest data from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, show that China is set to consume US$6.67 billion worth of NAND Flash in 2015, accounting for 29.1% of the industry’s revenue for this year. The country is also projected to consume a third of the global NAND Flash demand in 2016, representing a giant leap in growth...